There is No ‘Take Down the Whole US Grid’ with Sarah Freeman and Andy Bochman

<p><strong>Why you should listen:</strong></p><ul><li>Hackers are targeting critical infrastructure and there’s an urgent need for smarter cybersecurity defenses to protect Operational Technology. </li><li>The best practices to defend against attacks on utilities.</li><li>Why there is no such thing as “taking down the whole US grid.”</li></ul><p><strong>Five Key Quotes: </strong></p><ul><li>“How can you secure what you don’t even know you have? If you don’t even know what you have down to some level of detail...you’re not going to be in a good position to defend it.”  - Andy Bochman </li><li>“The most senior person with the word cyber in their title ideally is at least at the VP level.” - Andy Bochman </li><li>“You have to not only understand how the attacker can gain access to your network but ultimately gain access to the accounts that are most valuable – where are those crown jewel accounts?” - Sarah Freeman</li><li>“IT and OT needs to be merged …the problem is cyber is here to stay and everybody needs to take part in this security process.” - Sarah Freeman</li><li>“The government is most interested in <i>who</i> conducted the attack... The fact that there are two parties here with differing interests is a core issue.” - Sarah Freeman</li></ul><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Countering-Cyber-Sabotage-Consequence-Driven-Cyber-Informed/dp/036749115X">Countering Cyber Sabotage: Introducing Consequence-Driven, Cyber-Informed Engineering (CCE) 1st Edition</a></li><li><a href="https://hbr.org/2018/05/internet-insecurity">https://hbr.org/2018/05/internet-insecurity</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/cxo-magazine/the-missing-chief-security-officer-11979a54fbf9">https://medium.com/cxo-magazine/the-missing-chief-security-officer-11979a54fbf9</a></li><li><a href="https://www.synack.com/">https://www.synack.com/</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybochman">Andy Bochman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-freeman-7817b1